Quite a few states have over 10,000 cases -- how as governor do you keep the hot spots closed and allow the rest of the state to function? That won't work. It would be foolish for LA, MI, TX, FL, NY, NJ, IL, PA, MA, CA to open before they see a vast reduction in cases and deaths. Setting any date is foolish. The country isn't going to see a reduction all at once. There are a handful of states with less than 500 cases -- let them get back to work. The rest will need to wait to open when they see a substantial reduction.
11,600 cases in a state the size of Texas with its population of 29 million means only 1 in 2,500 people in the state have been tested positive for the disease and only 226 have died which means for every 128,000 people there is a chance of a single death.
I saw it reported that car deaths are down 38% for the year, so there are half the people dying from car crashes due to the decreased traffic than those dying from virus, so the effects of virus is a net gain in life, not negative. So why not just shut down car traffic more to save more deaths?
Those odds do not warrant a continued lockdown by any way shape or form.
As I said, reopening with precautions such as targeting those most susceptible to the disease like nursing homes, letting those testing negative or the 98% of people who do not succumb to the effects of the disease return to work(The South Korean model), letting businesses reopen, etc. is most certainly preferable than a continued decimation of our economy.
What do you call a 'vast reduction of deaths' anyway when you start with only 226?
